These are cream with soft pink, looks like a mother of pearl color, could some one point me in a direction! They are new to us, so we are not sure if the leaves get any bigger....Thank you ;)
ID please
Looks like a Syngonium, maybe this one-
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/132365/
It's beautiful!
WoW you people are good here LOL yes this is a beautiful leaf and I think you have it right! It must be a Sarasota thing ;)
I wonder if it climbed a tree, the leaves would get bigger?? That would be a site to see for sure.....
Thank you!
Here's a picture of another Syngonium that has been climbing up the oak tree in our backyard for several years. Every winter, it gets windburn and usually some damage from the one frost we might have, but comes back like a trooper! It's about 20 feet high, and the leaves are a pretty good size.
One thing to keep in mind; I believe that all the color is displayed when the plants are young (i.e. juvenile leaves). As soon as they get up a tree, the leaves become compound and the color turns to all green, as you can see in the picture above. I've never seen one of these with mature compound leaves in any color other than green, no matter what color the young plants are.
LariAnn
Aroidia Research
Wow, that's neat, thanks LariAnn!
You mean to tell me that the Syngonium podophyllum 'Mango Allusion' is going to lose all this color!! I'm wondering if the leaves get bigger as it grows up a tree too... You know I remembered that South Venice is where I got this plant too, & thats where you live, small town, small world. Some guy off of Craigs List gave me a few pot fulls of it, so I nursed it back to health, and boy I was soo pleased with the pearl COLOR!
Julie
The funny thing is that I don't remember planting the one to climb specifically up the tree, but I do have a green & white variegated one that I planted nearby the base of the tree. I guess it found its way up there and wah-la! Guess it wasn't the plant fairies after all. :-)
Julie, the next time you're down in the Venice area, let me know, maybe we can meet up and trade some plants. Come on over to the Florida chat too! We're here:
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/865709/
Cathy
yes its funny, every time I tied anything to tree's they die on me....this time I just let it grow on the ground and it found the tree :) I guess nature knows how to do it better then me LOL When I get a chance, I will go over to Florida chat room , I love to trade! I'm registered with the Florida department of Agriculture now as a full nursery now, but trading is how I got in this nursery mess LOL I come to Venice often, my mom lives right by Arc Animal Hospital.
Julie
I live right near Ark Animal Hospital too!
I used to have a small nursery, mostly herbs & edibles, registered and all, with a small retail shop, but I sold it a few years ago. Now I just play....
:-)
Cathy
That is a beautiful Mango Allusion! I had two small ones that I purchased at Wal-Mart garden center last year but they didn't survive.
We had a huge area in our backyard where the solid green one had gotten loose from a hanging basket. It took root and ended up covering a large bedding area and climbing up our screen enclosure! It would die back if we had a cold winter but always re-sprouted with gusto in spring. About 2 weeks ago my husband and I were doing a lot of much needed yard work, weeding and clearing vines from different areas of the yard. I pulled all of it up and threw it away. We just had a new roof put on the house last week and I didn't want it reaching the roof. Today I noticed more sprouts coming up in that area so I guess I didn't get it all.
This photo was taken before the stuff got way up the screen: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/180902/